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Word: devilish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...last straw. That such an accumulation of gargantuan expenses should be presented at one fell swoop is inexcusable. Does it mean that Harvard undergraduates will have to follow those of Princeton and give up their automobiles entirely, or will University Hall or Brattle Square devise some even more devilish solution...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FROM FAR AFIELD | 11/12/1929 | See Source »

...devilish ingenuity exhibited by some persons in combining the alarm clock effects of a loud cut-out and a sing-song auto horn throughout the length of Mt. Auburn Street just as the majority of the residents of Randolph, Claverly and the other Mt. Auburn buildings are about to surrender themselves to the soothing to embrace of Morpheus, merits a drastic cure. For the benefit of New York's commission, a variation of the Chinese torture is suggested, whereby all these destroyers of peace be sentenced to padded cells, where they may slowly starve to death to the tune...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TO SLEEP! AY, THERE'S THE RUB | 10/23/1929 | See Source »

Then it was unnecessary to take the book or the lock of hair. The hex was broken; the old devilish witch was dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Hex & Hoax | 1/21/1929 | See Source »

...devilish ingenuity of this form or torment was attributed by the management to Yale students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW HAVEN THEATER GOERS ALARMED BY ELI STUDENTS | 12/8/1928 | See Source »

Nominee Smith invited Mr. Barnes to Albany to point out physically and prove legally the existence of the devilish pool. Mr. Barnes wrote back and set a date, Sept, 19. The Nominee replied again and sarcastically regretted that he would be out of Albany then, but recommended Mr. Barnes to the Albany County District Attorney. Again, somehow, this was inconclusive, savoring of defense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Warrior | 9/24/1928 | See Source »

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